bobevenson wrote:
Actually, it's been 29 years, but it took 1888 years for a single person to understand the book of Revelation. The year Revelation was written on the isle of Patmos (96) plus Iesous (Jesus) in classical Greek gematria (888) plus the 1000 years that Christ will reign after Armageddon adds up to 1984, the year "The Ouzo Prophecy" was written. So like the Rolling Stones song, "Time is on my side."
The idea of time and necessity or inevitability is an interesting one. These two concepts together create what is know as the sorites paradox of the law of the excluded middle.
Armageddon will occur at time (x) in the future.
Armageddon will not occur at time (x) in the future.
These two statements represent a deliberation of two possible events over time. The law of the excluded middle says there is no middle ground. If one is true then the other must be false.
The case for necessity or inevitability means that if it were true 1888 years ago that there would be an Armageddon at (x) time in the future then it must be true in 2013 that there will be Armageddon at (x) time in the future. This also means that nothing is possible except what happens- there is no unaccounted possibilities.
The paradox arises when we consider the role implied hard determinism plays. No one deliberates about what is necessarily the case. In other words ,deliberation only makes sense if we have the opportunity to influence events. We don't entertain any possibility that we can influence events that are dictated by hard determinism.
The fact that people do write, think and deliberate about possible future events means that the future is neither true nor false.